[Luka Amon]

The World Tourism Organization refers that sustainable tourism should take full account of its current and future economic, social, and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities. Based on these guidelines, the Alpine and Adriatic regions have implemented sustainable tourism strategies focused on showing their culture, landscapes, and histories. However, Covid-19, issues with air transport, and lack of public transport have increased tourism by private cars (more than 80 % of the modal split) thus contributing to the overall CO2 and noise emissions.
Considering these major challenges for the Alpine and Adriatic regions, we have designed a solution to integrate sustainable mobility technologies; electric vehicles (EV) and e-bicycles focused on developing a 1. Comprehensive and reliable EV and bicycle charging infrastructure for tourist, citizens, public transport, and businesses, 2. Accessible electric bicycles, 3. Efficient use of renewable energy and grid stability, and 4. Digitalization of touristic routes and hospitality.
The implementation requires community engagement and proactive approach towards creating a better understanding about all the pros of sustainable living by its leaders. Our aim is to reduce emissions from the transport (public and private), protect the environment, promote sustainable tourism, reduce transportation costs, increase the use of renewable energy, develop micro grids to stabilize the grid network, develop smart and digitalised tourism, and – more importantly – to create a better-quality life for people around tourism.
Our project lays a foundation in the potential transformation of any major city and its rural areas’ tourism infrastructure. For instance, tourists who drive an EV will be welcome to visit the regions without concerns that their EVs will run out of battery allowing them to enjoy bicycle ride, a local meal, or a drink. Also, unpleasant noise and the discomfort of smelling pollutants would be reduced to near zero. Everyone in the region would benefit from better air in a better city.
The short and mid-term goal of our EV charging infrastructure and cyclist routs project is also to increase the participation of business in green initiatives; tourism – Slovenia Green certification scheme, construction – Net zero certification schemes, or cultural – Climate mitigation in heritage buildings. Thus, it is expected that cleaner cities will attract more people, bring business interest, and boost a sustainable local economy.
This project is also focused on renewable energy management and grid stability. For instance, the renewable energy produced should be first consumed, then stored in batteries; and the grid should only be used when there is not enough renewable energy available. The system should create a harmonisation between the supply (renewable energy and grid) and the demand (i.e. EV chargers, electric bicycles, heat pumps, lighting, internet connected devices) without exceeding the grid capacity.
The implementation and management of the infrastructure will be executed by experts in facility and energy infrastructure management. All local requirements will be considered when deploying the wholesome solutions covering all steps from initial installation to regular maintenance.
In addition, the project will enable you to reap the benefits of becoming a smarter region. For instance, the impact on the air quality being monitored, analysis of the increased use of bicycles, efficient and alternative routes that could save time and resources, and, last but not the least, efficient utilization of the infrastructure (i.e. EV chargers) when combining it with other services (rental e-cars, e-bikes, e-scooters).
The same model can be replicated in cities, buildings, commercial properties, and industries; therefore, we are looking for a pioneer in smart mobility to implement this project together. Setting up a benchmark and leading the market to follow will enable you to have a major impact in global communities and the environment.

[Davide Papurello]

I am an energy eng., assistant prof. at Politecnico di Torino (Energy Dept.) working mainly on the New Energy Carriers, such as Battery Electric Vehicles and Hydrogen. The topics that we are covering here in our lab. are related to:
– Lithium-ion battery, characterization under normal operation and abuse conditions, such as stressing the battery to cause thermal runaway with electrical, thermal and mechanical abuse/characterization in terms of temperature, pressure, gas analysis, etc.
– possibility of testing other types of batteries, such as solid-state batteries, etc.
– suppression of fires in a test bench using spray water mist system
– Testing and modeling of hydrogen safety in compressed gas storage tanks
– Modeling of NEC in tunnel and study of ventilation strategy
Here my contacts
davide.papurello@polito.it

[Federica Mazzanti]

Dear Luka,

I am an EU consultant who might provide you an Italian municipality for the implementation of this project idea. If you’re interested please write me at federica.mazzanti@resolve-consulenza.it

[Yosra Benabdellah]

Dear Luka,

I’m writing to you on behalf of the Metropolitan Transports Consortium of the city Granada, located in the southwest of Spain (Andalucia).

Your proposal seems very interesting to us, so we would like to get in touch with you to get more information about it and to explore the possibility to be an active partner in your project.

Please, contact me at yosra.benabdellah@sicidominus.eu.

[Renato Colonna]

Hi Luka

I am writing on behalf of GAL Molise verso 2000, situated in region of Molise (Italy).
GAL is a limited liability consortium company founded in 1994 with the aim of designing, implementing and managing initiatives in the field of Local, National and European development.

Our working group has certified experience in the sector also and above all regarding European projects.
I propose as we could offer technical assistance and coordination service for the development of project.
In this specific case we could take care of organizing and publicizing the event, involving experts and the population, in such a way as to make the topic known as much as possible; especially if there are other Italian parters.

For further info you can contact the following addresses:
e-mail: adocolagio@yahoo.it or colonnarenato95@gmail.com

Best regards
Renato

[Tsvetomira Aleksandrova]

Hi Luka,
My name is Tsvetomira Aleksandrova. I am writing to you on behalf of Svilengrad Municipality.
I read your description of the project and it seems very interesting for our organisation.
We implemented a lot of projects in the field of energy efficiency and now we are searching for an opportunity for its management.
The idea for the electric bikes is also very near to us.
So if you are still searching for a partner from Bulgaria, please let me know!

Have a great day!

Tsvetomira
svil.mirpp@gmail.com

[Nina Kovač]

Dear Luka,

I am writing to you on behalf of the Local Energy Agency Pomurje (LEA Pomurje), based in Slovenia. We find your project idea very interesting and the activities very necessary for our rural area, where the emphasis is on tourism. Pomurje is becoming an increasingly interesting region for e-cyclists, a new bicycle park is under construction, where we could perhaps combine some kind of pilot investment. Also, in LEA Pomurje we are now gaining experience and will test the V2B system in combination solar power plant – batteries – electric car.

LEA Pomurje (Slovenia) is a regional organization that takes care for promotion and acceleration of the continuous improvement of energy efficiency and speeds up the deployment of renewable energy sources usage in the region with the aim to maximize the local energy self-sufficiency of the region. The basic guidelines of operation and implementation of activities is the promotion of RES (renewable energy sources) and RUE (efficient use of energy) as well as environmental protection at all levels and following the requirements and guidelines at the international, national and regional level in the field of energy. LEA Pomurje is increasingly realizing its set goals to become a key programming, implementation, negotiation and representative institution in field of enforcement of RES and RUE and sustainable development of the region.
Our closed and present activities and projects can be roughly classified into three groups: (1) Projects for the preparation of strategic documents in the field of the energy in Pomurje, as well as in micro-areas; (2) Project and activities for implementation of strategic documents; (3) Projects financed from various EU programs, such as Horizon 2020, Interreg Danube, Interreg MED, Interreg Central Europe, …

For more information you can contact me via e-mail nina@lea-pomurje.si.

Greetings,
Nina Kovač

[Marina Pavlic]

Dear Luka,
I am writing to you on behalf of King ICT, a company from Zagreb that intensively deals with the sustainable development of urban canters and ICT solutions in traffic, which is one of the most significant causes of temperature increase in cities. We have implemented our solutions in the largest Croatian guards and on Croatian highways, and we have a lot of knowledge in solving environmental urban challenges.
Our added value is a complete understanding of traffic, public transport, floods, fires, and public space security, and we develop software and hardware for these situations.
We would love to join you in a project partnership, and we can easily add other interested partners if needed.
For further info you can contact me on email: marina.pavlic@king-ict.eu.
Best regards, Marina

[George Charonides]

Dear Luka,

My name is Charalampos Paganis, and I am the Communications Manager at “Action for Civil Society”, a Civil not for Profit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of civil society within Europe.

Our organization has secured approval for 12 projects over the past 18 months, a testament to the expertise of our team members who have extensive experience in various industry sectors as supervisors and project managers.

This milestone paves the way for significant activities planned in the near future, and we are poised to execute these projects with unwavering dedication and competence.

We offer substantial experience in working with youth, prioritizing nurturing young individuals in education, entrepreneurship, employability, and capacity building:

Our e-learning platforms serve both educational purposes and as meeting points for job seekers and entities, thereby enriching community value by reducing unemployment.

We are advocates of gamification in education, which has proven effective and accessible for both students and educators, transforming entertainment into a learning tool.

Currently, we are drafting applications under the INTERREG MED and would like to suggest that your expertise could greatly enhance our project ideas. We believe a collaboration could be mutually beneficial and invite you to join us in this opportunity.

You can find our detailed presentation here: AFCS Presentation

Please let us know your thoughts on our collaboration proposal.
Please contact us in charpag@actionforcivilsociety.org in order to arrange an online meeting to discuss how we can start working together.

Looking forward to a great start for our organizations!

With warm regards,
Charalampos Paganis

[Danilo Crastolla]

Dear

I saw your post in the partner search tool .
I like your proposal and I will be delighted to supply to you ITALIAN and GREEK partners.
On the other hand stay tuned because we can cooperate for many other calls and programmes for which we are working with. If you agree send me an email to estero@crastolla.com and i can share all partner’s details.

We can also cooperate for any EU calls including Interreg Europe, Next Med, Euro Med, Cerv, Daphne, Crea, Horizon etc

Best regards
Danilo Crastolla
0039 371 4482444

[Emilio Sola]

Dear Luka and Interreg participants,

Congrats for your interesting project idea. We can be useful partners in the fields of training and digilization of touristic routes. We, Conceptto, represent several Spanish companies in their search and implementation of European projects, gathering years of experience and competencies in the fields of action related with the call, for example, developing smart and digitalised tourism.

Do not hesitate to contact us to explore the potential synergies: emilio.sola@conceptto.net

kind regards from Spain

Emilio Sola

[Angela Spyrou]

Dear Luka,

We are very interested in exploring the possibility of collaborating with you on the implementation of the proposal.

We would be delighted to work together to suggest you potential partners from Greece who could contribute to and benefit from your project.

Please let us know how we can proceed further, and if you have any specific criteria or preferences for potential partners from Greece, we would be happy to take those into consideration.

We look forward to the possibility of working together on this important initiative.

Best regards,
Angela Spyrou,
angelaspirou@toposae.gr

[Zana Ademi]

Dear Luka,

I am writing to you on behalf of the Municipality of Tetovo – North Macedonia(https://tetova.gov.mk/default.aspx?lan=3) and we express interest in being a PARTNER in all topics of the fourth Thematic call for Priority 1: A Smarter Mediterranean & Priority 2: A Greener Mediterranean and the missions: Strengthening an innovative sustainable economy,Protecting, restoring and valorising the natural environment and heritage, Promoting green living areas and Enhancing sustainable tourism.

Municipality of Tetovo is located in the Northwestern part of the Republic of North Macedonia, on the slopes of Shar Mountain as well as in the lower parts of the Polog valley. The
municipality covers an area of 261.89 km 2  and has a total of: 84.770 inhabitants according to the 2021 census.
Tetovo as a Municipality with a large number of highly productive workplaces and natural and ecologically clean environment, is committed to providing a faster and more balanced socioeconomic development and improvement of the quality of life of the local population through efficient and effective services for citizens, the private sector and civil society organizations.

According to the presented characteristics of the municipality of Tetovo and good practices in managing EU funds, municipality has following objectives to achieve:

Advancement of spatial planning, infrastructure, environmental and nature protection and adaptation to climate change.
 Promotion of economic development, tourism and agriculture.
 Support and development of education, culture and sports
 Promotion of social development and inclusion of vulnerable categories.
 Smart and innovative solutions.

For more information and topics of interest please contact me:
zana.ademi@gmail.com

Best regards,

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